Examples of hand over in a Sentence
the police officer ordered the suspect to hand over his weapons
in response to a desperate plea, we handed over all our extra blankets and pillows to the homeless shelter
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The vast majority of them have been either abandoned or let loose by their owners in parks or along roadsides, or handed over by apartment tenants who didn’t know they weren’t allowed.
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Eric Adler
april 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
Suarez offered no physical resistance throughout the encounter, and balled up with his hands over his head as DeMaio struck him, according to a law enforcement source.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
Schanzer said Hamas is unlikely to hand over its arms.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Similarly, the possibility of handing over a large sum of money to an insurer and then dying soon afterward with little to show for it is often a large behavioral hurdle for people, said Zach Teutsch, founder of Values Added Financial in Washington.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
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Eric Adler
april 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
Suarez offered no physical resistance throughout the encounter, and balled up with his hands over his head as DeMaio struck him, according to a law enforcement source.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
Schanzer said Hamas is unlikely to hand over its arms.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Similarly, the possibility of handing over a large sum of money to an insurer and then dying soon afterward with little to show for it is often a large behavioral hurdle for people, said Zach Teutsch, founder of Values Added Financial in Washington.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Hand over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20over. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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